Friction device for autographic registers



July 2L E25.

H. HE. KQNERMAN' 'I'ION DEVICE FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS FRIC ile A g-1922 3 Sheets -Sheet 1 gwuenfot Hmm H. Km'ner'mmn July 21,1925.

H. H. KONERMAN I FRICTION DEVICE FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS I5Sheets-Sheet 2 Harrl H. Honerman Filgzd Aug. 5, 1922 July 21, 1925.

H; H. KONERMAN FRICTION DEVICE FOR AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERS Filed Aug. 3,1922. 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 i@&

WN H. wowerman 50 carries a head 53 provided with a slot 54; adapted toreceive a pin carried by the housing 51, the head 53 providing means formoving the block 49 against the yielding resistance of the spring-52,the pin serving to reclude rotatory motion of the head 53 an the block49, and also serves as a means forretaining the head 53 in the positionshown. in dotted lines in Fig. 5, to facilitate mounting and demountingof the roller 29, The roller 29, is provided with a suitable catchor-clarnp 56, adapted to secure the end of the strip 25.

'lhe operation of my device is as folows? a The several strips of paperextending from therollersll', 10' and L1 are fed between rollers carriedby the drive and driven. shafts in any of the manners commen in theart,It is customary in autographic "registers to provide three records ofthe transaction recorded upon the device. Two of the records aredetachedfrom the register and. the third is rolled upon the co lectim roller 29.At the time when'the several sheets are being passed between the rollerscarried by the drive and driven shafts, the collar 33 revolves with, theshaft 18 and the friction device, carried by the shaft 19 tends toimpart rotatory motion to the collecting roller 29, thru the idler geartil, 1 Should it he that the stripof paper 25 is being fed between thefeeder rollers carried by the drive and driven shafts, at a slower rateof speed than that at which the collecting roller 29,i s re-rolling thestrip, the controlling rollers26, '27fand 28 are brought intobinding'relation upon one another, thereb precluding the roller 29 frompulling thes eet 25 to such extent, that the,

relationship, between the sheets of paper passing between the feederrolls, is in no wayaffectede The binding of the control ling rollers iseliected by the roller 29 pulling that ortion of the strip of paper 25e21:- tending?- ing rol er, at a faster rate of speed than do the feedrollers feed the strip 25, wherefore the roller 27 moves upwardly andbinds upon rollers 26 and .28.

As the strip 25 is fed between the feeder rollers, the loosening in thestrip 25 between the feeder rollers and the control roller 27, willpermit, rotatory motion of the control roller 2?, to such extent that ane ual amount of the strip 2 5 will pass to the re ler 28 and therebypermit the same amount of the strip 25 to be rolled upon the collectingrollen 29, The" difierence in the speeds at which thecollecting'rollercan rewind the sheet 25, and at which the control rollers feed the sheet25, compensated by the relative slipping of thecollar 33 and the gearThe friction device permits a dirference the rates of speed at which thedrive shaft etween the roller and the collect-' 18 and the collectorroll shaft may re-,

volve. The forward end of the register carries suitable bearing or idlerrollers 57, 58

and 59, about which the strips of papereX- tending from rollers 9, 10and '11 pass.

The intermediate bearing 58 has a reducedportion 60, preferably near thecenter thereof, and carries about said reduced portion a spring 61,adapted to bear upon the strip of paper 25211101 to yieldingly retainthe strip of paper 25 in engagement upon the roller or hearing 57. Thebearings 57, 58

and 59 are preferably non-rotating, where-o by there is attained a checkor reta ning ac- \tionupon the strip of paper The sprlng 61 serves as anauxiliary'checlr, and precludes the strip 25 from being moved throughthe feed rollers byany action of the collecting roller at'those timeswhen the perforations with which the strips of paper are provided,register with the feed rollers It is customary to provide registersemploying' perforatedsheets of paper witha suitable starting mechanism62, whereby the slots in the sheets oif paper may be moved fromregistration with the rollers 19 and 21, in order to start the feed ofthe stripsof paper between the feed rollers. A mechanism for the purposelast referred to constitutes no part of my invention and Whereas anysuitable mechanism for-this purpose may be employed, for example such asdisclosed in my Patent 1,316,581, no further to impart motion to'thecollector roll, a friction device adapted to transmit motion from thedrive-shaft to the last mentioned means,

and control rollers adapted to operate uv on, A

the strip of pa er intermediate, the eed means and the co lector rolland comprising one roll having a fixed sliding surface over which thestrip of paper may pass, a second roll revolubly mounted ad acent "thefirst roll, and a third roll rotatably and reciprocably mounted inrelation-to the first and second rolls, the first roll receiving thestrip of paper from the feed means, the third roll receivin the naperfrom the tired surface of the irst re l. and the second 'inentioned rollreceiving the strip from the third men tioned roll, the third mentioned.roll being adapted to bind the strip of paper upon the first and secondrolls whereby to preclude the transmission of motion thru the frictiondevice when the collector roll tends to move at a rate of speed such asto receive the strip of rap er at a rate of speed i'n excess of the feedof theerip,

2, In a device of the class described the 1,546,5o'o I a combination ofa drive shaft, means actuated by the drive shaft for feeding a strip ofpaper, a collar mounted on the drive shaft adapted to revolve therewithand capable of movement longitudinally of the drive shaft, a gearrevolubl mounted on. the drive shaft, means'yielding y retaining thecollar in frictional driving engagement uponthe gear, a collector rolladapted to be driven from the gear and to receive a strip of paper fromthe feeder means, and means adapted to operate upon the strip of paperintermediate the feeder means and the collector roll ada ted to bindupon the paper whereby ind pendent relative movement of the collarfandthe gear may be attained.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of a drive shaft,means actuated by the drive shaft for feeding a sheet of paper, a collaradapted to revolve With the drive shaft and capable of movementlongitudinaly of .the drive shaft, a a gear revolubly mounted on thedrive shaft, a spring yleldingly retaining the collar in frictionalengagement upon the gear, a collector roll driven from the gear andadapted to receive the sheet of pa er from the feed" means, and acontrol devlce adapted to operate upon a strip ,orpaper'intermediate thefeed means and the collector roll and'comprising a revoluble rollerhavinga fixed axis,

a, second revoluble roller, and a binding means having a fixedfaceadapted to receive a strip of paper from the feeding means and overwhich face the strip of paper may slide, the second revoluble roller;being capable of reciprocation toward and awe from the .first rollerandbinding means, t e reciprocating roller receiving the strip of paperfrom the binding face, "the first mentioned roller receiving the stripof paper from the reci roca'ting roller, the collecting roller receiving the stri of paper from the first men tioned roller, t ereciprocating roller being adapted to bind the strip of paper betweenthe binding means and the first mentioned roller, .whenthe collectorroll tendstto receive the strip of aper at a rate of speed in" excess ofthe 'eed means, whereby the gear and the collar may be givendifferential speeds. a

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 31st dayof July, 1922.

human. Kennel/ran

